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Overview • Today – Administrative stuff – History of Computer Graphics (CG) • Next lecture – Overview of Ray Tracing Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

General Information • Core Lecture (Stammvorlesung) – Applied Computer Science (Praktische Informatik) – Lectures in English • Time and Location – Mon 10:00-12:00h, HS 01, E1.3 – Thu 8:00-10:00h, HS 01, E1.3 (suggestion: 8:30-10:00h) • ECTS: – 9 credit points • Web-Page – http://graphics.cg.uni-saarland.de/courses/ – Schedule, slides as PDF, etc. – Literature, assignments, other information • Sign up for the course on our Web page now – [Do not forget to sign-out in time before the exams, if you need to] Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

People • Lecturers – Philipp Slusallek • E1.1, Room E18, T el. 3830, Email: slusallek@cs.uni-saarland.de • Assistants – Arsène Pérard-Gayot – E1.1, Room E13, Tel. 3837, Email: perard@cg.uni-saarland.de • Tutors – Julius Kilger (juliuskilger@posteo.de) – Joschua Loth (s8joloth@stud.uni-saarland.de) – Henrik Philippi (s8hephil@stud.uni-saarland.de) Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Exercise Groups • Will be announced through the email list • Please register on the course web page Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Weekly Assignments • Weekly assignment sheets – Theoretical & programming assignments – You will incrementally build your own ray tracing system – This will be the basis for the Rendering Competition • Grading – Results of the exercises will contribute to the final grade – Bonus points (towards the exam) are possible • Handing in assignments – Theoretical: In paper form (beginning of lecture) or PDF per email – Code: See exercise sheet or Web page (usually by email to tutor) • Exercise meetings – Discuss lectures and any issues you might have with TAs • Groups of max. 2 students allowed – Each one must be able to present and explain his/her results! – Please state who did what!!! Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Grading • Weekly Assignments – Counts 30% towards final grade (with +20% bonus points) • Rendering Competition (exam prereq.) – Counts 10% towards final grade – Grading: Artistic quality (jury) – Groups of max. 2 students (but higher requirements then) • Exams – Mid-term (exam prereq.), counts 20% towards final grade – Final exam counts 40% towards final grade – Minimum: 50% to pass (in each of the above) • Cheating – 0% of assignment grade on first attempt – Possibility to fail the entire course if repeated • Chance for Repeated Exam – Oral exam (if possible) at the end of the semester break Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Rendering Competition • Task – Create a realistic image of a virtual environment – Incorporate additional technical features into your ray tracer – Bonus points count towards exam – Creative design of a realistic and/or aesthetic 3D scene – Modeling and shading • Hand-out in early in course – You can work on it during the entire course – Deadline will be announced (see Web page) • Results: – One rendered image – Web page with technical detail info Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Rendering Competition Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Rendering Competition 2017/18 Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Text Books • Suggested Readings: – John Hughes, et al.: Computer Graphics – Principles and Practice , Addison-Wesley, 3. Ed, 2013 – Peter Shirley: Fundamentals in CG , 4. Ed, AK Peters, 2016 – Matt Pharr, Wenzel Jakob, Greg Humphreys: Physically Based Rendering : From Theory to Implementation , Morgan Kaufmann Series, 3. Ed., 2016, now freely available: http://www.pbr-book.org/ • Older – Andrew Glassner: An Introduction to Ray-Tracing , Academic Press, 1989 – David Ebert: Texturing and Modeling – A procedural approach , Morgan Kaufmann, 2003 – T ony Apodaca, Larry Gritz: Advanced RenderMan: Beyond the Companion , Morgan Kaufmann, 2000 • More specific – Thomas Akenine-Möller, Eric Haines, Real-Time Rendering , AK Peters, 2nd Ed., 2002 – John M. Kessenich, et al., OpenGL Programming Guide , Addison- Wesley, 9. Ed., 2016 Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

Course Syllabus (Tentative) • • Overview of Ray Tracing Splines • • Geometry Intersections Clipping • • Spatial Index / Acceleration Structures Rasterization • • Vector Algebra Review OpenGL • Geometric Transformations • Light Transport / Rendering Equation • Material Models • Shading • Texturing • Spectral Analysis / Sampling Theory • Anti-Aliasing • Distribution Ray Tracing • Human Vision • Color Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

What is Computer Graphics ? Engineering Psychology Photography CAD/CAM/CAE Rendering Perception Graphics & “Visual Computing” Simulation & Animation Inverse Rendering Geometric Physics Modeling Computer Vision Mathematics Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

What is Computer Graphics? Computer Games Color Management VR/AR Systems Languages Modeling Animation Rendering GUI Imaging Visualization Plotting Digital Media Printer Computer Architecture Computer Vision Compression Mathematical Modeling And, and, and, .... Computer Graphics WS 2019/20 Philipp Slusallek

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